Thursday, October 04, 2007

Have you met my eccentric Aunt Mathilda?

When Bria was about 18 months old until she was around 2, she had an alter ego. Her name was Aunt Mathilda, and she wore Mr. (Mrs.?) Potato Head glasses and a bunch of old costume jewelry that my mom had given her. She thought she was just amazing and would walk around the house pointing to her specs and necklaces saying, "Titi! Titi!" (Pretty! Pretty!)

She wore them all the time. All. The. Time. This picture (one of many) was taken in September of 2002, about a month before she turned 2, and this was basically her getup whenever we were at home. And that is how our eccentric Aunt Mathilda was born. I just started calling her that one day and it stuck around until she decided she wasn't going to wear Mr. Potato Head glasses anymore.

Well, a couple years down the road, Chloe channeled Aunt Mathilda. She wasn't quite as gung-ho about the whole thing as Bria was, but she did rather enjoy the extremely fashionable tater eyewear. She is 18 months old in this picture.

And what do you know? I now have a 14 month old little Aunt Mathilda toddling around. Sophia is hysterically proud of herself when she puts on the glasses and prances around the house much like Bria did. I'm sure if pretty were one of the words she knew at this point, she'd be using it to describe her wonderful little self.I, for one, am super happy that Mathilda is back. I just love her.

(And sheesh, there is absolutely no question these three kooky babies are sisters, is there?)

Lara Neves

Lara is mom to three daughters—two teens and a tween. She loves to share her parenting and homemaking triumphs and failures here at Overstuffed! She was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2015 and has been fighting it ever since. When she isn't working on her mother of the year award, you can find her reading, singing, or taking photos.

This is the craziest commonality! It's like when you see those news stories on TV about twins separated at birth who finally meet and find out they have all of these similar habits. You and Joel should feel so honored that your kids apparently notice and love your glasses so much!